Improvement in curry-combs



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CURRY-COMB.

Patented Ju1y17,1877.

ATTORNEY-S, I

wrmesi dIV N.FEIER5. PHOTOUYHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

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UNITED S'rArEs are Gr mes.

CHARLES A. HOTOHKISS, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURRY-COMBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. i93,25&, dated July 17,1877; application filed October 10, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. Boron- Krss, of Bridgeport, in the countyof Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Curry-Combs and I do hereby declarethat the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of mycurry-comb, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modification.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of another modification of my curry-comb, andFigs. 4 and 5 are side elevations of modifications thereof. Fig. 6 isalso a plan view of a modification, and Fig. 7 is a side elevation of amodification. Fig. 8 is another plan view of a modification of mycurry-comb, and Figs. 9,10, and 11 are detail views of my curry-comb.

This invention relates to curry-combs; and it consists in providing saidcombs with a finger-grasping device, pivoted in pivot-blocks over theback of the comb, and adapted to be folded down for the purpose ofpacking. It also consists in the combination, with the side handle of acurry-comb, having a thumb-rest, of a pivoted finger-grasping device,and stoplugs which prevent said finger-graspin g device from beingturned down toward the" said side handle.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows a closed-back comb, providedwith an ordinary side handle, A, which receives the tang of araisedrearwardly-inclined shank, B, that is riveted to a rectangularback plate or shell, 0. Said shell or back plate is stiffened by astrengthening-bar, D, which is made in one piece with shank B, and isalso riveted to said back plate.

which are constructed in the usual way, and riveted to the under side ofsaid back plate or shell. On the top of said back plate or shell, atboth sides thereof, and between the middle and the front edge of saidshell, are secured two lugs or pivot-blocks, F F, which are recessed ontheir under sides, next said shell, so as to receive the straight endsor journals of an arched grasping-bar, G, which may be folded forwardand downward, as shown in dotted lines, for' packing, or may be turnedup into a vertical position for use. Said grasping-bar is prevented fromturning over toward the handle by means of stop-lugs H H, which arerigidly connected to said pivot-blocks, and extend behind saidgrasping-bar. This enables the operators fingers to hold saidgraspingbar firmly when his thumb is behind shank B. I I designatecombined rigid knockers and pivotthe comb, and prevent the ends thereoffrom being injured when struck, for the above purpose, upon any hardsubstance. Each knock-- er is preferably constructed in one piece with apivot-block and stop-lug. The riveting of said knockers and pivot-blocksto the back plate also attaches said pivoted fin ger-grasping bar Gthereto. If preferred, side handle A and shank B may be dispensed with,and a thumb-ring, B or curved thumb-rest, (shown in dotted lines,) maybe substituted therefor. The above-described devices may be employed inan open-back comb instead of a closed-back comb.

Fig. 2 represents a closed-back comb similar to that shown in Fig. 1,but difl'ering therefrom in the following respects: Instead of a shankand middle strengthening-bar, it has two strengthening-bars, D D, whichare riveted to the top of back plate or shell 0 at the ends of the same,and extend nearly from the front to the rear thereof. Pivot-blocks F Fand knockers I I occupy the same positions as in Fig. l, and theirconstruction is substantially the same; but each one of saidpivot-blocks is made in one piece with one of said strengthening-platesand with one of said knockers. A thumb-ring, B is shown in this figure;but any form of thumb-rest hereinbefore described may be substitutedtherefor. The attachment of the grasping-bar G is the same as in thefirst figure. Stop-blocks g g are in one piece with said grasping-bar.

Fig. 3 is constructed precisely like Fig. 1,

rate from the pivot-blocks F F. The said pivot-blocks are provided withattachingplates f fl stiffening ribs 0 c are raised upon the back ofshell 0, near the ends thereof, and the said pivot-blocks areperforated, instead ofbeing recessed on the under side.

Fig. 4 shows the pivot blocks or lugs F F,

blocks F F. Theyfacilitate the cleansing of except that the knockers I Iare made sepaeach made in one piece with one of the knockers I I, andarranged at or near the front of the comb back or shell 0. Saidpivot-blocks are in this case made cylindrical, and provided withcentral perforations f f, in which are pivoted the ends of raisedfinger-grasping bar G. There are no stop-lugs either on-the saidgrasping-bar or the pivot-blocks C, so that the said pivotedgrasping-bar may, be folded down toward the said side handle, upon thesaid back plate or shell, for convenience in packing. As shown in dottedlines, a thumb-ring may be secured to the front of shank B, or made inone piece therewith. In most other respects this modification does notdifl'er from that shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 shows an open-backed comb, having its pivot-blocks F made in onepiece with its end plates J, and arranged between the middle and thefront edge of the comb. The pivoted grasping-bar G is provided, as inFig. 2, with stop-lugs g 9, made in one piece with it. The curved orsemicircular thumb-rest B is cast with or otherwise rigidly attached tothe back frame of the comb. A shank and side handle (shown in dottedlines) may be substituted therefor. The knockers I I are made in onepiece with the end plates J J.

Fig. 6 shows another modification, similar to that last described, butemploying a thumbring, B. There is no other difference between these twoforms of combs.

Fig. 7 shows a modification having its grasping device G pivoted to thefront of its back plate or back frame 0, and adapted to fold under thesaid comb for convenience in packing, as indicated by dotted lines. Saidgraspingbar G is provided with stop-lugs gg, as in the, case lastdescribed. Instead of thumb-rest B I may substitute a thumb-ring, B orshank and side handle, as shown in dotted lines. This comb is providedwith filling-plates K K, which are interposed between the teeth-bars EE, and change the said comb from an openback into a closed-back one.Stop-lugs g g may be attached to the back frame of the comb, as hereinbefore described, instead of to the pivoted, grasping-bar.

end plates L L, which serve as knockers.

Said scalloped end plates are each made in one piece with one of the-twopivot-blocks F F. Pivoted grasping-bar G is provided with stop-lugs g g,as in Fig. 6. D is a strengthen- I ing or bracing bar, similar to thatshown in Fig. 1, and is riveted to the backs of the teeth-bars E E,filling-plates K K, or both; or to the front and rear teeth-bars only.Instead of side handle A, a curved thumb-rest or thumb ring (shown indotted lines) may be used. There is no back frame other than said endplates LL and said strengthening-bar.

Any form of back may be used with any of the herein-describedarrangements of fingergrasping devices, and any of the e'qiuvalents fora raised side handle, such as a thumb-rin g or thumb-rest, may besubstituted interchangeably therefor.

Fig. 9 shows, in detail, an end plate, 'D, pivot-block F, and knocker I,all constructed in one piece, as in Fig. 2, but having a perforationextending through said pivot-block to receive one of the horizontal endsor journals of the pivoted grasping-bar. Figures 10 and 11 show, indetail, a pivot-block, F, and knocker I, made in one piece, as in Fig.1, but having a perforation extending through said pivotblock from theinside to the outside thereof, for the reception of the straight ends orjournals of the grasping-bar.

What I desire to claim as new, and secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a curry-comb having a thumb-rest, afinger-.graspin g device pivoted 'to the comb in raised bearings at theback of the comb, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a curry-comb having a thumb-rest and knockers, afinger-grasping device pivoted. in raised bearings at the back of thecomb, substantially as set forth. 7

3. In combination with a curry-comb having a thumb-rest, a finger-graspin g device pivoted in raised bearings at the back of the comb,

, said bearings being provided with extensions to form knockers,substantially as set forth.

4. In combination with a curry-comb having a thumb-rest, a foldingfinger-grasping device having stop-lugs and journals constructed in onepiece therewith, and arranged substantially as set forth.

5. In combination with a curry-comb having f a thumb-rest, afinger-grasping device pivoted in raised bearings at the back of thecomb, 1 and stop-lugs, substantially as set forth.

Fig. 8 shows a comb which has scalloped In testimony that I claim theabove I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of twowitnesses.

7 CHARLES. A. HOTOHKISS.

Witnesses:

J. F. AGKER, Jr., C. H. MoEwEN.

